PEKIN — A 10-year-old Pekin girl who was struck by a car Monday was released from the hospital by Tuesday night.

McKenzie Wilkin, of 1418 Norman Drive, was released Tuesday from the Children’s Hospital of Illinois at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, a nursing supervisor said.

Landing in a front yard of grass, only about a foot away from concrete, after she was thrown 40 feet by the collision saved her from potentially far more serious injuries, said Pekin Police Public Information Officer Mike Eeten. Wilkin landed on her head, he said.

No citations were issued after the accident, which took place about 3 p.m. at Koch and 14th streets as the girl was walking home from Wilson School.

Wilkin stopped before crossing from the west to the east side of 14th Street. Two drivers northbound on 14th also had stopped at the intersection before turning west onto Koch, Eeten said.

The first of the waiting drivers signaled for the girl to cross in front of him, unaware that a third vehicle behind him was about to enter the intersection to continue north on 14th. That vehicle struck the girl, Eeten said.